Known for making path-breaking films for the audience across the globe, Viacom18 Studios is now pushing the envelope with an impressive line-up of movies in Hindi, English and regional languages. Over the years, the studio has backed films with good content, including 'Queen', 'Manjhi — The Mountain Man', 'Toilet — Ek Prem Katha', 'Padmaavat', the recently released 'Manto', and the much-anticipated 'AndhaDhun', among others. The studio has made a name for itself for telling stories that are both entertaining and meaningful. After making its presence felt in Bollywood, it’s now keen to create an impact with regional cinema, including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali, Gujarati and Marathi.
Ajit Andhare, COO, Viacom18 Studios, says, “As we expand across languages and regions, we will leverage stories and talent that offer deep connect with movie-goers in their local market. In Hindi, we have a diverse mix, including a black comedy, a biopic, a thriller, a musical romantic drama (Jalebi), an espionage thriller and a heartwarming comedy."
Ajit Andhare adds, “For our regional slate, we are excited to announce our upcoming film with
Karthi and are also teaming up with superstar
Suriya for a range of Tamil films. In Telugu, we have partnered with Vyjayanthi Movies of Shri Ashwini Dutt Garu for Devadas. In Marathi, our films will feature stories of luminaries of Marathi society like Pula Deshpande, Dr. Kashinath Ghanekar and many more. With the vision of being the most diversified and complete studio, leading in key film markets, our Hollywood slate features successful franchises like 'Mission: Impossible', the 'Transformer' spin-off — 'Bumblebee' and the much-awaited 'Top Gun: Maverick'.”
Indulging India’s diverse audience, the studio presents its upcoming slate with films starring the biggest names from
every industry.
BOLLYWOOD'Baazaar': A film that’s based on stock markets, money, power and politics in the world of business. Directed by Gauravv K Chawla, it stars Saif Ali Khan, Rohan Mehra,
Chitrangada Singh and Radhika Apte. Release Date: October 26, 2018
'
RAW': Romeo. Akbar. Walter is an espionage thriller starring John Abraham,
Jackie Shroff, Suchitra Krishnamoorthi,
Mouni Roy and Sikander Kher. Release Date: March 15, 2019
'Motichoor Chaknachoor': This quirky wedding comedy is being directed by Debamitra Hassan. The film stars an unusual lead pair — Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Athiya Shetty
'Body': A thriller with supernatural elements, this film stars Emraan Hashmi and Vedhika, among others. It has been directed by Jeethu Joseph.
'Thackeray': It’s a biopic based on the life of the late Shiv Sena leader, Balasaheb Thackeray. Starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, this film has been directed by Abhijit Phanse. Release Date: January 23, 2019
.'AndhaDhun': This Sriram Raghavan-directorial is a mind-bending genre-breaker starring Tabu, Ayushmann Khurrana, Radhika Apte. Release Date: October 5, 2018
HOLLYWOOD'Bumblebee': Based on one of the most loved and revered characters from the Transformers franchise, Bumblebee gives you a sneak peek into the story of the friendly Autobot. Starring Hailey Steinfeld and John Cena, it has been directed by Travis Knight. The movie releases
this December.
'Gemini Man': This one features the master performer, Will Smith, and has been directed by Ang Lee. It will release in 2019.
'Top Gun: Maverick': Tom Cruise returns as the iconic ‘Maverick’ in this much-anticipated sequel to the superhit, Top Gun. Slated to release in 2020.
MARATHI'Aani... Dr. Kashinath Ghanekar': Subodh Bhave stars in this biopic, which is based on the first superstar of Marathi cinema. Directed by Abhijeet Shirish Deshpande, it releases on November 7, 2018.
'Khatla Bitla': A satirical romantic-comedy directed by National Award-winner Paresh Mokashi, this film stars Jyoti Wayadande and Abhijeet Pawar.
'Bhai': Mahesh Manjrekar directs the epic life journey of Marathi literature’s stalwart, P.L. Deshpande, starring Sagar Deshmukh.
GUJARATI'Dhh': Winner of a National Award, Dhh is a unique tale of three school friends and their innocent quest for magic and conquering exams. This film released on September 28, 2018, and was welcomed by the audience.
TAMILThe Karthi-starrer is an edge-of-the-seat suspense thriller, which promises to leave the audience captivated. It has been helmed by Jeethu Joseph. The studio is also joining hands with South Superstar Suriya’s production house, 2D, for a slate of upcoming films.
MALAYALAM'Wikpedia'(Working Title): Starring superstar Dileep, this offbeat comedy-drama has been directed by B Unnikrishnan.
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